License Committee Report for August 2007

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Wed Sep 5 00:49:02 UTC 2007


Donovan Hawkins wrote:
> An extended period of dual licensing seems likely...not sure how many
have already
> dual licensed via an "or later" clause on the version number.

The vast majority of GPLv2 software has the "or later" clause.  I would
put GPLv3 in the Popular category, but not remove GPLv2.  Clearly, GPLv2
is still objectively, and it is clear that GPLv3 already has a "strong
community" behind it and is growing in popularity very quickly (compared
to most licenses OSI considers, at least).

Matt Flaschen



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